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March 26, 2004

See the Lord in every creature

He alone sees truly who sees the Lord the same in every creature, who sees the Deathless in the hearts of all that die. Seeing the same Lord everywhere, he does not harm himself or others. Thus he attains the supreme goal.

-Bhagavad Gita

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March 23, 2004

Breaking the Cycle

An enormous conflict between words and deeds is prevalent today: everyone talks about freedom, democracy, justice, human rights, about peace and saving the world from nuclear apocalypse; and at the same time, everyone, more or less, consciously or unconsciously, serves those values and ideals only to the extent necessary to serve himself and his "worldly" interests, personal interests, group interests, power interests, property interests, and state or great- power interests... So the power structures apparently have no other choice than to sink deeper into this vicious maelstrom, and contemporary people apparently have no other choice than to wait around until the final inhibition drops away. But who should begin? Who should break this vicious circle? Responsibility cannot be preached but only borne, and the only possible place to begin is with oneself.

-Vaclav Havel

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the philosophy of loss

Philosophy Of Loss
written by: Emily Saliers From the album "Come On Now Social"

welcome to why the church has died
and the heart of the exile and the kingdom of hate
who owns the land and keeps the commands
and marries itself to the state

modern scribes write in jesus christ
everyone is free
and the doors open wide to all straight men and women
but they are not open to me

who is teaching kids to be soldiers
to be marked by a plain white cross
and we kill just a little to save a lot more
the philosophy of loss

now there are a few who would be true
out of love and love is hard
and don't think that our hands haven't shoveled the dirt
over their central american graveyards

doctors and witch hunters stripped you bare
left you nothing for your earthly sins
yeah but who made this noise just a bunch of boys
and the one with the most toys wins

and who is teaching kids to be gamblers
life is a coin toss
and of course what you give up is what you gain
the philosophy of loss

whatever has happened to anyone else
could happen to you and to me
and the end of my youth was the possible truth
that it all happens randomly

so who is teaching kids to be leaders
and the way that it is is meant to be
the philosophy of loss


Found on The Corner

Lyric originally from: Leo's Lyrics Database - Indigo Girls - Philosophy Of Loss lyrics

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March 22, 2004

Charter School funding for Trancendental Meditation?

The top story in the Independent Tribunetells us that a local county commissioner has asked the state (North Carolina) for a review of the application for the county’s first charter school.

It turns out that the first group to apply is associated with TM. I don't think that's the kind of religious affiliation that George the Lesser and his cronies had in mind when they pushed their faith based initiative. And deep in the Bible Belt, too. Ouch

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